![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Under the Sea, 1929 (Reel 2) - Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, Illinois.
Film of the Field Museum-Williamson Expedition to the Bahamas during the spring and early summer of 1929. The expedition was for the primary purpose of collecting material and specimens for the Museum's projected new Hall of Fishes. Mr. J.E. Williamson of New York, participated in the expedition and supplied equipment for submarine observations. Taxidermist Leon L. Pray accompanied the expedition. All rights reserved by the Field Museum of Natural History...
Keywords: Expedition; Zoology; Marine Life; Scientific Collecting; Caribbean; Taxidermy
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![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte von Ostafrika - Stuhlmann, Franz
xxiii, 907 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Keywords: Plants, Cultivated; Plants, Cultivated; Plants, Cultivated; Domestic animals; Domestic animals; Domestic animals; Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture
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| Compendium florae atlanticae : seu expositio methodica plantarum omnium in Algeria, necnon in regno tunetano et imperio maroccano hucusque notarum ; ou, Flore des états barbaresques, Algérie, Tunisie et Maroc (Volume v.1) - Cosson, E. (Ernest), 1819-1889.
2 v. : 2 fold. maps (v. 1) ; 25 cm.
Keywords: Botany -- Africa, North
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| Répertoire alphabétique des principales localités mentionnées dans le Compendium et le Conspectus floræ atlanticæ, avec deux cartes botaniques de l'Algérie et des notices sur ces cartes (Volume Text) - Cosson, E. (Ernest), 1819-1889
Volume and maps in case
Keywords: Botany
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| Making the Marsh Birds Diorama (edit) - Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, Illinois.
The Buchen East Africa Zoological Expedition (1952), collected material for study research and a habitat group exhibition of African marsh birds. One hundred and eighty-nine bird skins and sixteen nests were collected, together with photographic studies for the background and foreground, papyrus to reproduce the vegetation, and other accessory material to construct the Marsh Birds diorama exhibition...
Keywords: Taxidermy; Diorama Construction; Model Making, Birds, Field Museum
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| Compendium florae atlanticae : seu expositio methodica plantarum omnium in Algeria, necnon in regno tunetano et imperio maroccano hucusque notarum ; ou, Flore des états barbaresques, Algérie, Tunisie et Maroc (Volume v.2) - Cosson, E. (Ernest), 1819-1889.
2 v. : 2 fold. maps (v. 1) ; 25 cm.
Keywords: Botany -- Africa, North
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| Brookfield Zoo - Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, Illinois.
Filmed at the Brookfield Zoo in 1934. Footage by C. J. Albrecht. Production by the Chicago Natural History Museum (FMNH). Scenes of animals in zoo exhibitions. Albrecht was a taxidermist at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois from 1926 to 1945. Noted for work on the "African Water Hole" diorama at the Field Museum. All rights reserved by the Field Museum of Natural History. Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting The F...
Keywords: Zoological Park; 1930's; Chicago; Brookfield Zoo; Animal Exhibitions
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| Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika (Volume 1826-1828) - Rüppell, Eduard, 1794-1884.
5 pts. in 1 v. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 39 cm.
Keywords: Zoology; Marine animals; Fishes
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| Great and small game of Africa : an account of the distribution… - Major A.J. Arnold [and 24 others]
xx, 612 p., XV leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), photos. ; 32 cm.
Keywords: Game and game-birds; Mammals
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| Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig (Volume 1835-1840) - Rüppell, Eduard, 1794-1884.
4 pts. in 1 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 38 cm (fol.).
Keywords: Zoology; Animals; Animals; Marine fishes; Marine fishes
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| Malay Natives - Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, Illinois.
A film record of natives and their dances. Filmed during the Arthur B. Jones Expedition to Malaysia by Dr. Fay Cooper-Cole. All rights reserved by the Field Museum of Natural History. Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting The Field.
Keywords: Expedition; Anthropology; Java; Malaysia; Dances; Musicians
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| Fossil Hunting - Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, Illinois.
This film was assembled under the direction of John Moyer, Motion Picture Division of the Field Museum, from miscellaneous geology footage. It was shown as part of the daily public programming activities of the Raymond Division, a public education department of the Field Museum. All rights reserved by the Field Museum of Natural History. Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting The Field.
Keywords: Expedition: Scientific collecting; Geology; North America; Colorado; Fossils
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| Under the Sea, 1929 (Reel 1) - Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, Illinois.
Film of the Field Museum-Williamson Expedition to the Bahamas during the spring and early summer of 1929. The expedition was for the primary purpose of collecting material and specimens for the Museum's projected new Hall of Fishes. Mr. J.E. Williamson of New York, participated in the expedition and supplied equipment for submarine observations. Taxidermist Leon L. Pray accompanied the expedition. All rights reserved by the Field Museum of Natural History...
Keywords: Expedition; Zoology; Marine Life; Caribbean; Taxidermy
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| Emin Pasha in central Africa : being a collection of his letters and journals - Emin Pasha, 1840-1892
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| Leon Mandel Guatemala Expedition, 1933-1934 (Reel 1) - Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, Illinois.
Expedition led by Assistant Curator Karl P. Schmidt, herpetologist. Expedition party members include: Emmett R. Blake,ornithologist; F.J.W. Schmidt, mammologist; Daniel Clark, general assistant; and Leon Mandel, expedition sponsor. All rights reserved by the Field Museum of Natural History. Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting The Field.
Keywords: Expedition; Travelogue; Zoology; Scientific Collecting; Central America; Guatemala; Local peoples and customs
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| Voyage pittoresque en Asie et en Afrique : résumé général des voyages anciens et modernes ... (Volume v.2) - Eyries, J. B. B. (Jean Baptiste Benoit), 1767-1846
Voyage Pittoresque En Afrique
Keywords: Voyages and travels; Discoveries in geography
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| Le Coléoptériste, ou, Répertoire des travaux sur les coléoptères de l'ancien monde. (Volume v.1-15 1890-1891)
15 v. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Keywords: Beetles
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| Faune et flore des pays Çomalis (Afrique orientale) - Révoil, Georges, 1852-1894
1 vol, 10 pts
Keywords: Natural history; Natural history; Natural history; Botany; Botany; Botany; Botany; Zoology; Ornithology
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| Cliff Swallows: Preparing a Study Group - Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, Illinois.
Installation of a Cliff Swallow study case. Preparation and taxidermy of birds. Making and mounting artificial nests. Installation by John R. Millar, Curator of the N. W. Harris Public School Extension at the Field Museum of Natural History (1938 to 1946). Film edited June, 1947. 16mm, silent, B&W. All rights reserved by the Field Museum of Natural History. Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting The Field.
Keywords: Taxidermy; Model Making; Study Case; Cliff Swallows; Field Museum
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| The natural history of British insects : explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, oeconomy, &c. together with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope : the whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens (Volume v.1 (1792)) - Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837
The 1st ed. of v. 1 was published in 1792
Keywords: Insects
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| The natural history of British insects : explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, oeconomy, &c. together with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope : the whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens (Volume v.13 (1808)) - Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837
The 1st ed. of v. 1 was published in 1792
Keywords: Insects
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| The natural history of British insects : explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, oeconomy, &c. together with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope : the whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens (Volume v.11 (1806)) - Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837
The 1st ed. of v. 1 was published in 1792
Keywords: Insects
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| Catalogue synonymique des coléoptères d'Europe et d'Algérie - Gaubil, J.
246 p. ; 28 cm.
Keywords: Beetles; Beetles
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| The natural history of British insects : explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, oeconomy, &c. together with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope : the whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens (Volume v.12 (1807)) - Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837
The 1st ed. of v. 1 was published in 1792
Keywords: Insects
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| Fauna exotica: mitteilungen aus dem gebiete der exotischen insektenwelt. (Volume vol. 2) - Internationaler Entomologischer Verein
v. : illus.; 32cm.
Keywords: Insects
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| Deutsche botanische Monatsschrift (Volume vol. 21 no.1-12)
23 v. : ill., plates, maps, tables ; 20 cm
Keywords: Botany
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| Illustrationes florae Atlanticae : seu, Icones plantarum novarum, rariorum vel minus cognitarum in Algeria necnon in regno Tunetano et imperio Maroccano nascentium (in Compendio Florae atlanticae descriptarum) (Volume v.3) - Cosson, E. (Ernest), 1819-1889
Issued in 7 fasc
Keywords: Botany
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| Coleopteren : die Käfer Deutsch-Ost-Afrikas - Kolbe, H. J. (Hermann Julius), 1855-
Keywords: Beetles; Beetles
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| Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society (Volume v.16) - Royal Society of South Africa
Issued in parts, two or more to a volume
Keywords: Science; Natural history; Beetles
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| Illustrationes florae Atlanticae : seu, Icones plantarum novarum, rariorum vel minus cognitarum in Algeria necnon in regno Tunetano et imperio Maroccano nascentium (in Compendio Florae atlanticae descriptarum) (Volume v.1) - Cosson, E. (Ernest), 1819-1889
Issued in 7 fasc
Keywords: Botany
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| The natural history of British insects : explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, oeconomy, &c. together with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope : the whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens (Volume v.6 (1797)) - Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837
The 1st ed. of v. 1 was published in 1792
Keywords: Insects
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| Illustrationes florae Atlanticae : seu, Icones plantarum novarum, rariorum vel minus cognitarum in Algeria necnon in regno Tunetano et imperio Maroccano nascentium (in Compendio Florae atlanticae descriptarum) (Volume v.7) - Cosson, E. (Ernest), 1819-1889
Issued in 7 fasc
Keywords: Botany
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| Illustrationes florae Atlanticae : seu, Icones plantarum novarum, rariorum vel minus cognitarum in Algeria necnon in regno Tunetano et imperio Maroccano nascentium (in Compendio Florae atlanticae descriptarum) (Volume v.6) - Cosson, E. (Ernest), 1819-1889
Issued in 7 fasc
Keywords: Botany
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| Anatomie, physiologie et histoire naturelle des galéodes - Dufour, Léon
109 p., 4 leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm
Keywords: Galeodidae
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| Voyage pittoresque en Asie et en Afrique : résumé général des voyages anciens et modernes ... (Volume v.1) - Eyries, J. B. B. (Jean Baptiste Benoit), 1767-1846
Voyage Pittoresque En Asia
Keywords: Voyages and travels; Discoveries in geography
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| Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society (Volume v.15) - Royal Society of South Africa
Issued in parts, two or more to a volume
Keywords: Science; Natural history; Beetles
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| Liste des Coléoptères recueillis en Tunisie en 1883 par A[ristide] Letourneux - Lefèvre, Edouard-Aimable-Edmond
16 p. ; 24 cm.
Keywords: Letourneux, Aristide Horace, 1820-1890; Beetles
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| Illustrationes florae Atlanticae : seu, Icones plantarum novarum, rariorum vel minus cognitarum in Algeria necnon in regno Tunetano et imperio Maroccano nascentium (in Compendio Florae atlanticae descriptarum) (Volume v.5) - Cosson, E. (Ernest), 1819-1889
Issued in 7 fasc
Keywords: Botany
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| A naturalist in Mid-Africa: being an account of a journey to the Mountains of the Moon and Tanganyika - Elliot, G. F. Scott (George Francis Scott), 1862-1934
Keywords: Natural history
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| Illustrationes florae Atlanticae : seu, Icones plantarum novarum, rariorum vel minus cognitarum in Algeria necnon in regno Tunetano et imperio Maroccano nascentium (in Compendio Florae atlanticae descriptarum) (Volume v.2) - Cosson, E. (Ernest), 1819-1889
Issued in 7 fasc
Keywords: Botany
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| Leon Mandel Guatemala Expedition, 1933-1934 (Reel 2) - Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, Illinois.
Expedition led by Assistant Curator Karl P. Schmidt, herpetologist. Expedition party members include: Emmett R. Blake,ornithologist; F.J.W. Schmidt, mammalogist; Daniel Clark, general assistant; and Leon Mandel, expedition sponsor. All rights reserved by the Field Museum of Natural History. Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting The Field.
Keywords: Expedition; Travelogue; Zoology; Scientific Collecting; Central America; Guatemala; Local peoples and customs
Downloads: 138
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| Liste provisoire des coléoptères de la région "malgache" - Alluard, Ch. (Charles), b. 1861
246 p. ; 28 cm.
Keywords: Beetles; Beetles
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| Flora der Schweiz : Zum Gebrauche auf Exkursionen, in Schulen und beim Selbstunterricht - Schinz, Hans
2 v. : ill. ; 20 cm
Keywords: Botany
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| Report on Natal Botanic Gardens and Colonial Herbarium for the year ... (Volume Vol.1896) - Wood, J. Medley (John Medley), 1827-1914
v. ; 21 cm
Keywords: Natal Botanic Gardens (Durban, South Africa); Colonial Herbarium (Durban, South Africa); Botany
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| Leon Mandel Guatemala Expedition, 1933-1934 (Reel 4) - Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, Illinois.
Expedition led by Assistant Curator Karl P. Schmidt, herpetologist. Expedition party members include: Emmett R. Blake,ornithologist; F.J.W. Schmidt, mammologist; Daniel Clark, general assistant; and Leon Mandel, expedition sponsor. All rights reserved by the Field Museum of Natural History. Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting The Field.
Keywords: Expedition; Zoology; Scientific Collecting; Central America; Guatemala; Local peoples and customs
Downloads: 132
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| Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society (Volume v.18) - Royal Society of South Africa
Issued in parts, two or more to a volume
Keywords: Science; Natural history; Beetles
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| Viaggio dei Signori O. Antinori, O. Beccari ed A. Issel nel mar Rosso, nel territorio dei Bogos e regioni circostanti durante gli anni 1870-71. -- - Antinori, Orazio, Marchese, 1811-1882
161 p. : ill.
Keywords: Birds; Birds
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| Leon Mandel Guatemala Expedition, 1933-1934 (Reel 3) - Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, Illinois.
Expedition led by Assistant Curator Karl P. Schmidt, herpetologist. Expedition party members include: Emmett R. Blake,ornithologist; F.J.W. Schmidt, mammologist; Daniel Clark, general assistant; and Leon Mandel, expedition sponsor. All rights reserved by the Field Museum of Natural History. Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting The Field.
Keywords: Expedition; Travelogue; Zoology; Scientific Collecting; Central America; Guatemala; Local peoples and customs
Downloads: 127
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| Under the Sea, 1929 (Reel 4) - Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, Illinois.
Film of the Field Museum-Williamson Expedition to the Bahamas during the spring and early summer of 1929. The expedition was for the primary purpose of collecting material and specimens for the Museum's projected new Hall of Fishes. Mr. J.E. Williamson of New York, participated in the expedition and supplied equipment for submarine observations. Taxidermist Leon L. Pray accompanied the expedition. All rights reserved by the Field Museum of Natural History...
Keywords: Expedition; Zoology; Marine Life; Scientific Collecting; Caribbean; Taxidermy
Downloads: 125 |  |
| Ornitologia italiana : opera postuma (Volume vol. 1) - Savi, Paul
3 v. ; 22 cm
Keywords: Ornithology
Downloads: 123 |  |
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